"I think it's good that gas prices are going up because it forces us to figure out what we're going to do," one resident told News Eight. "These gas prices aren't going to go lower. They're only going to get higher, so it forces us to figure out what to do."

A recent Lundberg survey showed that prices rose for the seventh straight week Friday. Currently, AAA says the national average for a regular price of gas is $3.59 a gallon.

In Chicago, the average price for a gallon of gas is now $4.05 inside the city limits. AAA's report shows that Chicago's average price of gas has increased eight cents from where it was a week ago.